100
things you should think about and write.
The pain hurted
The lullaby made me
calm
The sound of air
conditioner kept on whispering me something I could never understand
The tears rolling down
my cheeks
That lump in my
throat
Holding back tears
And then He came
In a form of
brightest light I’ve never seen before
Touching my eyes
And it is closed for
a while
It’s dark
And I realized, I had
enough lighting as I knew it is hard to live in darkness
What about those who
didn’t have electricity in their houses?
And then He grabbed
my hands
We walked together,
and then He stopped in front of a door I had never seen before
It’s a magic door, I
knew, but more magical than the ones in cartoons
We got in, he asked
me to close my eyes
I suddenly felt like
losing my balance
“No gravitation here,
Dad?” I said
He was looking at
me, deeply that I could feel what He meant without He needed to say
“Ya, it’s much worse
Dad. I couldn’t even feel anything here. I’m all messed up. Could we go back?”
“We will get away
from here, my dear daughter. But I have some more places. Come with me ok?”?
His gaze that showed
me His pure love made me not able to deny it.
And then we moved to
a place when war was about to begin
Every soldier was
getting ready with their weapons
Some of them looked
so tense
“Dad? What do you
mean with this?”
And then he answered
“What did you just listen to, before I bring you here?”
“Lullaby?”
“Yes sure. And
listening to lullaby made you feel better and calmer, right? See, they don’t
even have time to listen to any kind of music. They are all tense, worried.
Their lives are just at stake. They might be thinking what will happen to their
families if they died in that war.”
I was sadly in
tears.
“It’s okay dear. You
just need to learn.”
“Dad. Where are we
going after this?”
“Just see. Let’s go
to that magical door again.”
Tick. We moved to a
new place for a second.
“Where is it Dad? It’s
so hot here.”
“Death Valley. It’s
the hottest place in the world.”
“Dad.. I even always
complain, I thought Indonesia was so horrible I can’t stay without any air
conditioner. But here..”
“Ok let’s go back
home.” He said
“But Dad.. I haven’t
even finish ta….”
Bump! Dad and I were
suddenly in our home.
“My Daughter.. I
wanna tell you something. But before that, I want to ask you, after all the
places I have brought you to. Do you got any idea? What’s your thought?”
“Dad.. Thank you. Just….
Thank you for everything.”
And then I
continue..
“When I am about to
complain my air conditioner was broken and he temperature in Indonesia feels so
hot… I now know that there is even a place, or maybe places.. that are much
hotter.”
“When I am about to
feel tense, worried of so many things in life.. That armies on the war must be
more tense, more worried than I usually was.”
“When I feel like
everything is so messed up.. And I feel so sad somehow… I realize that I should’ve
been thankful for I am able to feel. For gravity that exists on Earth that
keeps everything stays in place.”
Sometimes we focus
on things that made us broken, sad, worried
But let’s close our
eyes
Let’s mention 100
things we can be thankful for, randomly as it comes across our minds
God that is always
there.. (1)
Family… (2)
The Sun… (3)
The moon and the
stars.. (4)
The air to breathe…
(5)
Health…. (6)
Even pain.. (think
about those who are anesthetized) (7)
Food to eat… (8)
Beverages to drink…
(9)
Electricity.. (10)
All part of your
body…. (11)
Gadgets that you are
able to purchase… (12)
Friends… (13)
Let’s complete 87
more things you can thank God for, and I believe it will be a magic that it’s
actually gonna be more than 100 things coming to your mind.
Be grateful
Of anything
Really anything
Why focusing on
small, little things we don’t have
Instead of thanking
God for so many things we have?
- Amelita Yonathan -